[tcb] Re: Master Cylinder
- From: Ronnie <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:35:06 -0500
New wheel cylinders, hoses, shoes and steel lines. I was wondering if the
seals failed or dried out if the fluid could squeeze by enough to give you some
flow but not enough to give you pressure.
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> On Mar 20, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Theodore Reinert <theodoregreinertll@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> If your master cylinder is bad, you should be able to see brake fluid under
> the bus. I would also check all of the wheel cylinders as well. And all of
> the lines, of course.
>
> From: Ronnie <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:27 AM
> Subject: [tcb] Master Cylinder
>
> Okay, so I'm on the home stretch on my '67 Westy and was bleeding the brakes.
> No matter how much brake fluid I ran through the system, I could not build
> up any pressure at all. Fluid was moving, just wouldn't get any pressure on
> the brakes. I think he shoes are adjusted fine, a little drag and e-brake
> works fine.
>
> Does this sound like the master cylinder is dead? The brakes sorta worked 15
> months ago when I pushed it in the garage but nothing now.
>
> Any advice is welcome.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
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